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‘Art Was His Whole Life’: Celebrating the Life and Work of Norm Jensen, Sunday at the Carriage Barn
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The Carriage Barn Arts Center is set to host a unique celebration Sunday of the life and art of a beloved member of the New Canaan community.
Norm Jensen, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native and 30-year town resident who worked as a graphic artist and was prolific in painting, ceramics and photography, died Feb. 13 at 84. A member of the Carriage Barn, Jensen “was always showing art at the Carriage Barn and all the other neighboring centers—Rowayton Arts Center, Ridgefield, Wilton,” according to his daughter, Laura Jensen.
At those places, “most people know him,” Jensen told NewCanaanite.com
Jensen experimented with various kinds of art during his lifetime, she said.
“He originally did photography and also some painting, like oils and acrylic,” she said. “He also did sculpture, computer art, and then he got into making diorama boxes.”
From 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, the Carriage Barn is hosting “The Life & Artwork of Norman A. Jensen,” where guests will be invited to take home a piece of Jensen’s art to remember him by, and may leave a donation in his honor. “We love Norm—he’s part of the Carriage Barn community,” the organization’s executive director, Hilary Wittmann, said.